allergic to dairy

We found out on Tuesday that sweet little Avery is more than likely allergic to dairy. =( She had a little blood in her stool and the pediatrician said that more than likely it was that she had this allergy. We are hoping that this is the problem and that there is nothing more serious. I am having a fun time trying to make sure I don't eat anything with milk or soy. My sweet sister, Sara, bought me a dairy-free cookbook and the recipes look awesome! I can't wait to try out some of them. I think the hardest part is going to be eating at restaurants. I am hoping that my sweet baby's tummy gets to feeling better really soon!

busy weekend

Well, this past weekend we had a very busy and fun weekend. Avery had a lot of firsts in her life. Friday night, Avery and I spent the night in Durant and Jake went to Grenada for an overnight meeting. On Saturday, Avery and I went and picked up Jake in Grenada and then we all went to Starkville. When we got to Starkville, we went to eat at The Grill with Jake's brother and his girlfriend. This was Avery's frist time in a resturant and she slept the whole time! Then, we went to a wedding at the chapel at MSU. Avery's first wedding and she slept throught it, too! Are we seeing a pattern here? I was a happy momma, though! I was glad she was sleeping because that meant she wasn't crying. Saturday night, Avery met her great-great-grandmother, who is in the nursing home. Nanny was so excited to meet Avery! Then on Sunday, Avery went to church. She slept through our Sunday school and then Avery and I went to the Mom Room during the church service. She had a busy weekend and was a sweet girl! I hope she likes to go places and is not a home-body!   

Avery's shots

Well, Avery did SO good yesterday with her shots, which made it much easier for Jake and me. She only cried when she got the shots and then she quit right after they were finished. It did break my heart to see her have to get them, but I was so glad that she didn't cry much. She weighed 10 lbs. (50th percentile) and is 22.5 inches long (75th percentile). She is doing great and is a healthy baby...we are so blessed and thankful for her. She is doing a great job with holding her head up and she is starting to smile at people! I love watching her change and develop! It is just amazing and wonderful. 

Here we go!

So, I decided to join the blogging world! I am excited and hope that I can keep it going. I am still trying to figure out the layout and other things. I have a few questions and would love some answers from anyone: 

1. How do you change the font and layout of the header/title? Where mine says "The Donald's", how do you change that? 

2. Also, another question is how do you get the playlist to automatically start when someone views your blog?

3. And last, mine and Jake's anniversary tracker is wrong. We have been married almost 4 years, but the trackers says 10 or something. Is there a way to change that? I put in the information and everything, but it keeps coming up like that.

Well, I will get all those things worked out. Now, on to the fun things and the most important thing in our life right now....AVERY!! Avery will be 6 weeks old tomorrow and is just growing like crazy! She is a sweet baby girl and we are enjoying her and just in love with her! She is starting to smile more and she is making more of those sweet little baby noises. We have to go Tuesday for her check-up and she is going to get her first set of shots. I am not looking forward to that at all. I am sure I am going to cry just as much as she does. It is hard to believe she is already 6 weeks old. Here are some pictures of our sweet baby girl!

This picture was taken by one of our great friends who is starting out in photography and wanted to practice on Avery. He did a fabulous job!

Avery met her cousins! Judd, Graham, and Brac were so sweet to Avery and were so excited to meet her.

Avery and her daddy....she already has him wrapped around her little finger!

I love this little gown! She is so sweet!

Sweet baby sleeping away

Well, that is all for today!